CLOUDY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CLOUDY?

Need another word that means the same as “cloudy”? Find 31 synonyms and 30 related words for “cloudy” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Cloudy” are: nebulose, nebulous, mirky, muddy, murky, turbid, overcast, clouded, milky, dirty, dull, opaque, opalescent, tearful, teary, weepy, weeping, lachrymose, vague, blurred, fuzzy, indistinct, imprecise, foggy, hazy, confused, muddled, indefinite, lacking definition, obscure, unformed

Cloudy as an Adjective

Definitions of "Cloudy" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “cloudy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Full of or covered with clouds.
• (of a person's eyes) misted with tears.
• (of a liquid) not transparent or clear.
• (of the sky or weather) covered with or characterized by clouds.
• (of liquids) clouded as with sediment.
• Lacking definite form or limits- H.T.Moore.
• Lacking definite form or limits.
• Uncertain; unclear.
• Clouded as with sediment.
• (of a colour) having white as a constituent.

Synonyms of "Cloudy" as an adjective (31 Words)

blurred	Indistinct or hazy in outline. The camera caught only two blurred images.
clouded	Unclear in form or expression. A mind clouded by sorrow.
confused	Mentally confused unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. A confused set of instructions.
dull	Emitting or reflecting very little light. Dull days with nothing to do.
foggy	Indistinctly expressed or remembered; obscure. My memories of the event are foggy.
fuzzy	Difficult to perceive; indistinct or vague. Their former jolly sound has been drowned in swathes of layered fuzzy guitar.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline. It was a beautiful day but quite hazy.
imprecise	Not precise. Imprecise astronomical observations.
indefinite	Vague or not clearly defined or stated. Plans are indefinite.
indistinct	Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand. Only indistinct notions of what to do.
lachrymose	Inducing tears; sad. A lachrymose children s classic.
lacking definition	Inadequate in amount or degree.
milky	Resembling milk in colour. Milky glass.
mirky	Clouded as with sediment.
muddled	Confused and vague; used especially of thinking. The muddled display of pictures has been taken down.
muddy	Covered in or full of mud. The original colours were blurred into muddy pink and yellow.
murky	Dark and gloomy, especially due to thick mist. Murky rooms lit by smoke blackened lamps.
nebulose	Cloudlike, resembling a cloud or clouds.
nebulous	Lacking definite form or limits. Nebulous reasons.
obscure	Not important or well known. The obscure light of dawn.
opalescent	Having a play of lustrous rainbow colors. A milky opalescent or opaline luster.
opaque	Not clearly understood or expressed. Technical jargon that was opaque to her.
overcast	(of the edge of a piece of fabric) sewn with long slanting stitches to prevent fraying. A chilly overcast day.
tearful	Filled with or marked by tears. Tearful entreaties.
teary	With eyes full of tears. Bill said a teary goodbye.
turbid	(of liquids) clouded as with sediment. The turbid estuary.
unformed	Not having form or shape. He had an ambitious albeit unformed idea for a novel.
vague	Lacking clarity or distinctness. Saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.
weeping	Used in names of tree and shrub varieties with drooping branches e g weeping cherry. The pendulous branches of a weeping willow.
weepy	Sentimental. A weepy made for TV movie.

Usage Examples of "Cloudy" as an adjective

• A very grey, cloudy day.
• Gropes among cloudy issues toward a feeble conclusion.
• Cloudy reds and blues and greens.
• The issue becomes more cloudy.
• The pond water is slightly cloudy.
• A cloudy liquid.
• She stared at him, her eyes cloudy.
• Cloudy skies.

Associations of "Cloudy" (30 Words)

blur	Make unclear indistinct or blurred. The haze blurs the hills.
blurred	Unable to see or be seen clearly. The blurred aims of the group.
blurry	Indistinct or hazy in outline. There s a very blurry line between art and advertising.
cloud	Darken the sky with cloud. The blue skies clouded over abruptly.
dim	Made dim or less bright. The dim drone of their voices.
dusky	Used in names of animals with dark coloration e g dusky dolphin dusky warbler. Dusky light came from a small window.
faint	Lacking conviction or boldness or courage. A faint aroma.
fog	Bewilder or puzzle. A whirling fog of dust.
foggy	Full of or characterized by fog. She was foggy with sleep.
hazy	Indistinct or hazy in outline. Hazy memories.
humid	Marked by a relatively high level of water vapour in the atmosphere. Humid air.
inconspicuous	Not prominent or readily noticeable. He pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole.
indistinct	Not clear or sharply defined. His speech was slurred and indistinct.
lightproof	Not penetrable by light. Lightproof containers.
lowering	The act of causing to become less. The lowering of the legal limit has exacerbated the situation.
mist	Become covered with mist. Don t mist furry leaved plants such as African violets.
misty	Indistinct or dim in outline. The misty air above the frozen river.
murkiness	The quality of being cloudy.
murky	Dark or gloomy. Murky waters.
nebulous	Lacking definite form or limits- H.T.Moore. A giant nebulous glow.
opaque	An opaque thing. Opaque windows of the jail.
rain	Precipitate as rain. It was beginning to rain.
rainy	Wet by periods of rain. A rainy afternoon.
smog	Fog or haze intensified by smoke or other atmospheric pollutants. Exhaust emissions are mainly responsible for the smog.
smoke	Inhale and exhale the smoke produced by burning a narcotic drug. I m dying for a smoke.
turbid	Confused or obscure in meaning or effect. A turbid piece of cin ma v rit.
unclear	Not clear to the mind. Their future remains unclear.
unintelligible	Impossible to understand. Unintelligible speech.
vague	Not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished. Saw a vague outline of a building through the fog.
wet	Make one s bed or clothes wet by urinating. The baby was wet and needed changing.